Associate Faculty

International finance, corporate finance, contracting and governance; international expertise in capital markets in Japan and South America

International trade regulation, advanced international trade regulation, Islamic law

Social relations in Amazonian rural development; expansion of soybean production in Amazonia; development and the Politics of Scale

Well hydraulics, direct-push methods for hydrostratigraphic characterization, ground-water flow and transport in heterogeneous formations, stream-aquifer interactions, phreatophytes. Experience in China, Korea, and Japan.

Architecture; health care design; relationship between culture, human behavior and physical environment

Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Quantitative Finance and Statistics

Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics

Second language acquisition

Comparative & Cross-Cultural Management, International Management, International Business, Business Practices in China, Managing Internationally, International Business Strategy

Geotechnical engineering; geosynthetics; earth-retaining structures, ground improvement, pile foundations, and pavement design. Experience in China.

Furniture-based sculpture; Asian materials

International & Interdisciplinary Studies - American Studies

Political communication, consumer behavior, media credibility, international communication and race and gender issues

Social cognition and social perception, influences of social contexts on judgments and decisions, cross-cultural comparisons

Social, cultural, and psychological dimensions in design; global heritage management and architectural preservation; nonwestern traditions in architecture and urban design (special focus on South, Southeast, and East Asian countries); Community design practices (affordable housing and post-disaster resettlement)

Geography and culture, Tibetan plateau